The Nats Report: The Washington Nationals Stories You Missed and What’s Next

Welcome to our Weekend Wrap-Up. Whether you were on the go or missed a few updates during the week, this edition brings together the latest Washington Nationals headlines, news, and analysis all in one place. As we look ahead, here’s what you need to know to be fully caught up and ready for what’s next. Let’s get into it →

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In a solid week for the Nats, they go 5-3 in their last 8, back on track as they continue to bob above the .500 threshold and look to get some kind of run going to get comfortably over the mark. The Nats currently sit at 36-35 on the season, 2.5 games out of 2nd place in the NL East. Week in and week out it seems they hover at this .500 mark and 3rd place behind the Braves and Phillies, as they patiently wait for a week to jump up in the rankings.

In this week, the Nats saw some great pitching outings, mixed with some poor pitching outings, with them being the driving factor behinds the wins and losses the past couple of games. In the 3 games against the Giants, Miles Mikolas, Andrew Alvarez and Foster Griffin all had great starts, positioning the Nats for a sweep. The difference in those games was that the bullpen was top tier for Alvarez and Mikolas, and absolutely horrid for Griffin, losing him his win. So far against the Mariners it has been Zack Littell’s first rough outing in a while that cost them one game, followed up by a strong outing by Cade Cavalli yesterday. This about sums up the Nats pitching so far this season with 3 good outings, 2 bad, they really have been what has made or break the different game outcomes so far. With Mikolas back on the mound today to start the week cycle again, let’s see if the Nats can close out the series with a good pitching outing.

Offense this week for the Nats was incredibly solid as usual, with none other than James Wood having another incredibly efficient week. In his last 6 games played, Wood has tallied 23 at bats where he has tallied 4 walks, 2 homers, 8 hits, 7 runs and a .421 batting average. With those 2 homers, Wood also now sits at 19 homers on the year, 6th out of the entire MLB. With a juiced bat like his on the offensive side of the ball batting leadoff, it is even better with another All-Star batting 3 spots below him in CJ Abrams. In the last 5 games played and 20 plate appearances for Abrams, he has tallied 7 hits, 5 RBIs, a homer and a .350 batting average, extremely efficient numbers that he has seemingly put up every week this year. Abrams also has 53 RBIs this year, 4th in the MLB and most out of NL Shortstops this year.

The major stat surrounding the Nats this season that is worth watching as they go into this week is how strong the Nats have been in away games, and how below average they have been at home so far this season. This season, the Nats currently boast the 2nd most away wins in the MLB with 23, and also have the greatest run differential when at away ballparks with 2.2. While this is a great stat to have, in good company with teams like the Braves, Dodgers and Brewers, in order for it to really matter, they have to have efficiency at home at least a little bit. The Nats currently have the 2nd worst home record in the entire MLB with a 13-21 record, not even close to .500. With a crowd that seems to finally believing in the Nats, and an easy home series to start against the Royals this week, let’s hope the Nats can get the home record trending in the right direction, keep the away record around where it’s at.